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Beating the Surge with Control of Airborne Exposure: Practical Tools to Prevent Airborne Virus Transmission Risk
Karen Cohn, MS, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Senior Public Health Consultant and former Program Manager, San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Children’s Environmental Health Promotion Program, just released a presentation on reducing airborne virus transmission risk. The slides can be found here and here. The presentation includes: what we know about airborne transmission of COVID-19; using…
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Beating the Surge with Control of Airborne Exposure: Practical Tools to Prevent Airborne Virus Transmission Risk
Karen Cohn, MS, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Senior Public Health Consultant and former Program Manager, San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Children’s Environmental Health Promotion Program, released a January, 2021, presentation on reducing airborne virus transmission risk. The slides can be found here and here. The presentation includes: what we know about airborne transmission of COVID-19; using ventilation…
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COVID-19 and Declining ED Visits for Asthma
As this new year begins, we hope you and your families are staying healthy. COVID-19 continues to bring loss for so many across the United States and the world. The pandemic is also having some rather surprising effects on children with asthma. New research out of Boston Children’s Hospital shows a significantly decreased incidence of…
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Declining Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Asthma and COVID-19 Shut-downs
Researchers Simoneau et al from Boston Children’s Hospital just published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society their research on the impact of COVID-19 on emergency department utilization for asthma. After adjusting for year, weeks and time period (pre- or post- shutdown), they found a significantly decreased incidence of ED visits after the COVID-19-related…
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Updated Asthma Guidelines
The long-awaited updates to the guidelines for the diagnosis, management and treatment of asthma are here! Developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, the 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines are designed to improve patient care and support informed decision making about…
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Learning Efficacy of Virtual Reality Simulation for Nursing Students Caring for Children with Asthma
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health features an article in its November 2020 edition investigating the learning effects of virtual reality simulation for nursing students caring with children with asthma. Researchers compared three different educational modalities of nursing care, one with virtual reality simulation, one with high-fidelity simulation, and one with both.…
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Researchers Examine Impacts of Indoor Air Quality on Quality of Life
An article in the Journal of Architectural Engineering’s December 2020 issue examines “indoor air pollution and its effect on quality of life.” Specifically, it endeavored to “move beyond physical health and associate indoor air pollution to reduced psychological and social wellbeing.” In order to carry out the study, researchers monitored homes for samples of carbon…
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EPA Releases “Meeting Current School Health Challenges and Beyond: New Tools to Assess and Address IAQ Healthy and Safety” Online
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released a recording of its October 22, 2020, webinar, “Meeting Current School Health Challenges and Beyond: New Tools to Assess and Address IAQ Healthy and Safety.” The webinar highlights strategies for improving the performance of HVAC systems in schools and reducing aerosol exposure. It also details how to implement…
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2020 USAsthma Summit Available Online
The Allergy & Asthma Network and the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology hosted its 2020 USAsthma Summit on Friday, November 13th, 2020. The summit is now available for viewing online. Topics featured at the Summit include the state of asthma in the united states, telehealth for asthma, and how racism can cause health…
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American Lung Association Releases Best Practices in Virtual Asthma Management Webinar
The American Lung Association hosted a webinar on October 29th, 2020, titled “Best Practices in Virtual Asthma Management.” A recording is now available. The webinar features Dr. Gail Brottman reviewing evidence that supports the impact of virtual asthma management. It also gives step-by-step protocols and shares experiences on how to incorporate asthma control tests, asthma…
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The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Management of Asthma
The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Management of Asthma Most articles addressing asthma and COVID-19 have looked at the relationship between the likelihood of acquiring the illness and the likelihood of severe illness outcomes. Taking a different approach, an article published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Practice in September, authors Oreskovic…
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One Study Shows Asthma Associated with Decreased Risk of COVID-19 in Children
The question of whether and how asthma and COVID-19 are related has been an ongoing question since the pandemic’s start. According to the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology, “Few data exist to indicate that having asthma is associated with an increased risk of becoming infected with COVID-19 or a more severe course. Recent…